A rogue is all skill. Practice every skill and keep them up. Be anal retentive. Don't just sit there in EC< work on a skill.
You have to avoid aggro, while keeping high DPS in a group. SOmetimes you pull while sneaking, sometimes you are the key, sometimes you also are the trap disabler.
Use hide to evade during a fight. I make a macro key with:
/attack off
/(hide ability)
I usually put in a sneak
I also make one with
/(backstab)
/attack off
/(hide ability)
/attack on
Pick where you stand, behind the mob is one place, to the side is Ok as long as you can move to back stab.
You do not back stab as often as it refreshes, you back stab as often as you can without getting aggro. When you get aggro keep evading until the mob goes back to the tank. Sometimes when the mob turns around I backstab again, just to make the tank work harder on his taunt.
Higher levels try duoing with a ranger or necro, use their snare and your intimidate, for back stabbing chasing goodness.
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